{"id":6914,"date":"2019-01-17T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2019-01-17T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:36:49","slug":"gtt-expands-network-for-carglass-as-application-usage-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/en\/2019\/01\/17\/gtt-expands-network-for-carglass-as-application-usage-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"GTT Expands Network for Carglass as Application Usage Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MCLEAN, Va., January 17, 2019 \u2014<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/\">GTT Communications, Inc<\/a>. (NYSE: GTT), the leading cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today\u00a0that it has expanded its network solution for Carglass, the leading glass automotive repair and replacement company. The new four-year contract adds redundancy and increases capacity across the 450-site network.<\/p>\n<p>Carglass is digitally transforming its business to support mission critical applications including increasing the use of mobile applications for customer service in its repair centers. The company\u2019s digital strategy also supports new market opportunity resulting from the acquisition of Maisoning which specializes in home services, such as plumbing and locksmithing.<\/p>\n<p>GTT is providing Carglass with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>75% expanded network capacity and is upgrading with fiber connectivity to address increasing bandwidth requirements in its repair centers.<\/li>\n<li>Backup links for 250 repair centers to ensure network resiliency and reliability.<\/li>\n<li>4G wireless to improve connectivity for the 180 Carglass sites not in major cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Didier Roy, chief of information systems at Carglass France, commented, \u201cAs computers have given way to smartphones, connectivity across our sites has evolved. Our automotive glass repair and replacement service is available in our 450 centers and through our home service, thanks to our fleet of 700 workshop vehicles. Our technicians must be able to access applications to work in real time, from any location. Without connectivity our activities slow down or stop, which impacts our ability to service to our customers. GTT understands this and provides us with a high performance, flexible cloud networking service that includes 4G, fiber, copper and ADSL to meet each site\u2019s requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGTT is redefining global communications to serve clients such as Carglass that depend on outstanding service experience from GTT to deliver great services for their own customers,\u201d stated Rick Calder, GTT president and CEO. \u201cWe help our clients connect their people around the world and to every application in the cloud.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/2019\/01\/17\/gtt-augmente-la-capacite-reseau-de-carglass-pour-accompagner-la-montee-en-puissance-de-lusage-des-applications\/remplacement-de-pare-brise1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6911\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1.jpg\" alt=\"Technicien Carglass manipulant un pare-brise\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.b-comm.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Remplacement-de-Pare-Brise1-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About GTT<\/h3>\n<p>GTT is redefining global communications to serve a cloud-based future, connecting people across organizations around the world and to every application in the cloud. Our clients benefit from an outstanding service experience built on our core values of simplicity, speed and agility. A Fortune Future 50 company, GTT owns and operates a global Tier 1 internet network and provides a comprehensive suite of cloud networking services to any location in the world. For more information on GTT, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtt.net\">www.gtt.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Carglass<\/h3>\n<p>Founded in 1986, CARGLASS\u00ae is a specialist in the repair and replacement of vehicle glazing. CARGLASS\u00ae has nearly 3,000 employees, 450 centers and nearly 700 workshop vehicles in France. For more than 20 years, individuals, insurance companies and mutual insurance companies as well as car and rental fleets have relied on CARGLASS\u00ae. CARGLASS\u00ae covers 100% of the French territory* and manages more than 1 million customers a year. CARGLASS\u00ae had a turnover of \u20ac431 million in 2017. CARGLASS\u00ae is part of the Great Place to Work 2018 and ranks 24th among companies with between 500 and 5000 employees. CARGLASS\u00ae reinforces its Responsible Development approach initiated in 2009 with a new IMPACT+ program which is structured around 4 pillars: always + safety, + environmental performance, + transparency and proximity, an employer + manager. CARGLASS\u00ae is a subsidiary of BELRON\u00ae group, present in more than 30 countries. Website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carglass.fr\">www.carglass.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Outside Corsica and islands not connected by a bridge.<\/p>\n<p>* Metropolitan France, except islands not connected by a bridge, excluding calibration services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MCLEAN, Va., January 17, 2019 \u2014 GTT Communications, Inc. 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